Here are some good news for all the avid gamers out there who happen to fans of the House of Dead franchise. It has been officially announced that the House of Dead 4 will debut exclusively on PlayStation Network on April 17th. The PSN release of the game will also include a number of new features which are detailed below.

The folks at Sony had originally planned the maintenance schedule for PSN to be on last Thursday. However, it was delayed due to some reasons. The new schedule for maintenance was March 4th, on which the network was actually taken down for maintenance.

The two widely popular games were originally released on the PS2. The ESRB has rated Grand Theft Auto 3 And GTA Vice City for release on the PS3. The blockbuster games in the series is available on iOS and Android. Recently we have heard about the classic title in recent memory.

Sony’s PlayStation Network was experiencing an outage affecting users of the service around the world and an error message appears when attempting to log in to PSN: “An error has occurred. You have been signed out of PlayStation Network. (8002A548).” I think bringing down PSN once more would be a major achievement for the millions of hackers out there and it’s possible that one of those attacks finally succeeded in getting through……………..

The new version 3.70 update for PlayStation 3 is not one of those times, particularly if you’re a PlayStation Plus member or 3D television owner and the major update in the new firmware has to do with the Automatic Download feature that’s available only to Plus members. It’s been renamed Automatic Update and now does more than grab updates for recently played games and also it will automatically sync your trophies with PSN and upload game saves to your online storage. The firmware also packs a few additional features for non-paid users, adding a recommendation function to items in the PlayStation store and a new TV / Video Services XMB category for Netflix, Hulu PLUS and VUDU apps……………..

Sony’s PlayStation Network went down briefly on Tuesday and Sony is reportedly testing a redesign to the PSN that will feature a more streamlined user interface, among other changes. Sony’s planning to make it more image-driven taking cues from both Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE and Valve’s Steam, the new look is described by an aesthetic layout with logically marked sections and rolodex lists. The new design will also reportedly host a slew of fresh features including a new live search function, a new movie section built with its own IMDB-style database and also newly organized games section within the PlayStation Store…………

Sony will have Taiwan-based partners begin production of PlayStation 4 (PS4) featuring body movement-based control like Kinect at the end of 2011 for launch in 2012, according to Taiwan-based component makers.

Sony is facing a class-action lawsuit which accuses the company of negligence and lax security, the suit cites many confidential witnesses who claim that Sony’s security was far from adequate and very open to attack. This lawsuit filed alleges that Sony laid off a number of employees responsible for network security a few weeks before the PlayStation Network went down…………

Modern Warfare 3 comes out guns blazing on Xbox 360 and ater effects was followed by thunderous applause. Modern Warfare 3 will help the Xbox 360 to another record year or not? Modern Warfare 3 is slated for a November 8 release………….

PSN Welcome Back package is here, our long global nightmare is over and to be eligible you’ll have to have been a member before April 20th but, otherwise, it’s relatively qualifier free. Fire up the PlayStation Store and head to the Welcome Back tab to claim your pair of free games. There are a few other freebies to placate the masses too, like 100 free items in PlayStation Home, while Current Plus and Music Unlimited Premium subscribers get a 60 and 30 day handout………

Sony begins full restoration of its PSN and Qriocity services, PlayStation Store already up and its PlayStation Network and Qriocity services in the Americas, Europe, and Asia (excluding Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea) by the end of the week. PlayStation Store is already up with a huge lineup of new games, demos, add-ons, themes, avatars and videos along with an updated Playstation Plus………..

Sony promises global PSN restoration by week’s end, except in some parts of Asia and the only exceptions are Hong Kong, South Korea and Japan, where users will have to await further details before regaining full access. Very sorry Japan and other Eastern countries not getting the PSN restored and sony also mentioned it will resume Qriocity services (whatever that is) as well if you care about that shit………..

Sony estimates $3.2b loss this year, $171 million cost for PSN breach and this loss following PSN hacking, Japan earthquakeSony has written off approximately $4.4 billion in deferred tax credits for the last quarter in an effort to offset the taxes levied against the company’s future profits and quake is also expected to shave roughly $1.8 billion off of operational profits for the coming year………….

Sony Corporation is continuing to have security issues and seems the media giant is now a preferred target and destination for hackers. As Sony tries to regain consumer confidence from it’s month long PlayStation Network meltdown, they were hacked again this morning for consumer data and Sony BMG in Greece has been hacked and information dumped…………

Sony reportedly tells developers PlayStation Store will return May 24th and he PlayStation Store will finally return to PlayStation 3 and PSP users. The store is also a major source of additional revenue for developers, thus its return is highly anticipated and backlogged content that was supposed to be released during the store’s downtime will be made available on a rolling basis over the next few weeks……….

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